David Redick on Welfare & Poverty

Republican Senate Challenger

Faith-based organizations are a conflict on both sides

Q: Would you allow churches to provide welfare services?

A: No. Using faith-based organizations to distribute government money or government -funded services is; 1) a conflict of the church's mission (`voluntary', thus no coercively-raised
funds; i.e. taxes), and 2) puts them under partial control of the government (all government money has strings attached) so is bad for their own management, and 3) violates separation of church and state.